C

I've posted this before, but still hope that there's something out
there who really can clarify more about it for me. I'm very worried,
and would like to know if there are things I should prepare for my
coming interview (immigrant visa).

Well, my husband (American citizen) and I have married for 2 years
already. Up to now, I'm still waiting for my immigrant visa in my home
country (Thailand). But I think that my interview is coming up in a
few months or sooner which I have some worries about it. The thing is,
my husband has been out of job for 4 months now, and due to this
economic situation, I can't predict how long it would still take until
he'll be able to get a new job. His mother is a co-sponsor for me
though. But I'm very worried if the consular staff would deny giving
me the visa after the interview, since my husband has no income now?
More than that, recently we have mostly been communicating through msn
messenger…rarely write email…and when I call my husband, I use the
phone card (which that means no phone bill details for the destination
I called to), I have a big stack of the used ones though. I have thick
pile of phone bills, emails, photos, letters…but those are not recent
ones…as I said, recently, we use those above communications, which
don't really have much detail. And I usually am ok with my financials
(even I'm also out of job though)…so, don't really need his help for
the financial support. He has sent me some cash in mail a few
times…so, again, no receipts for it. Since I'm not in the U.S., I
don't have ss number…we don't have joint account or asset. Would this
be problem? I would like to know what kind of proofs they need at the
interview for spouse visa? And should I be more preparing with more
proofs?

All suggestions would be much appreciated.

John

If you bought phone cards were they over the Internet? If they were
did you get an email receipt? If you did, print those out. Maybe
print out your IM conversations. Otherwise pick up the emailing a
little. Did you get married in Thailand? If so did you register it
with your Amphur? What application did you file for immigration to
the US?


[email protected] (C) wrote in message news:...
    > I've posted this before, but still hope that there's something out
    > there who really can clarify more about it for me. I'm very worried,
    > and would like to know if there are things I should prepare for my
    > coming interview (immigrant visa).
    >
    > Well, my husband (American citizen) and I have married for 2 years
    > already. Up to now, I'm still waiting for my immigrant visa in my home
    > country (Thailand). But I think that my interview is coming up in a
    > few months or sooner which I have some worries about it. The thing is,
    > my husband has been out of job for 4 months now, and due to this
    > economic situation, I can't predict how long it would still take until
    > he'll be able to get a new job. His mother is a co-sponsor for me
    > though. But I'm very worried if the consular staff would deny giving
    > me the visa after the interview, since my husband has no income now?
    > More than that, recently we have mostly been communicating through msn
    > messenger?rarely write email?and when I call my husband, I use the
    > phone card (which that means no phone bill details for the destination
    > I called to), I have a big stack of the used ones though. I have thick
    > pile of phone bills, emails, photos, letters?but those are not recent
    > ones?as I said, recently, we use those above communications, which
    > don't really have much detail. And I usually am ok with my financials
    > (even I'm also out of job though)?so, don't really need his help for
    > the financial support. He has sent me some cash in mail a few
    > times?so, again, no receipts for it. Since I'm not in the U.S., I
    > don't have ss number?we don't have joint account or asset. Would this
    > be problem? I would like to know what kind of proofs they need at the
    > interview for spouse visa? And should I be more preparing with more
    > proofs?
    >
    > All suggestions would be much appreciated.

jeffreyhy

C,

Bring what you have - after all, you can't bring what you haven't got - and I don't believe you'll have any problem. Many people have exactly the same situation that you do - in the age of the internet post is slow, international phone calls are expensive, and while e-mail solves the problem of slow postal service interactive 'chat' is the best although it doesn't provide much evidence. Consular officials understand this, they live in the same world we do, and by itself this should not be a problem at all.

At the interview have all documents and supporting materials that you do have well organized so that you can quickly hand the interviewer whatever (s)he asks for when they ask for it. Let them conduct the interview - don't be saying "here's this, here's that, ...". If they ask for evidence of your communication with your husband, and they may not, show them what you have and tell them what you told us in your post. There should only be a problem if there are other things about your application that have made them suspicious of you and they are starting to probe. This is quite rare in Bangkok, most interviews last only 5-10 minutes.

I urge you to visit the Thai-Farang group on Delphi. <http://forums.delphiforums.com/ThaiFalang/start> You will find a number of people there who have had interveiws recently or will have them in the very near future. You can make some good contacts who can give you first-hand reports on K1 and K3 interviews.

Regards, JEff

C

Thanks so much for all suggestions. Well, I know that I shouldn't be
worried too much, but well, just can't help it.

by the way, to answer John, I didn't buy the phone card over internet,
just from those convenient 7-eleven. I've started to save up our IM
conversations, so when the time comes, I would probably try to print
them out. And yes,we got married here in Thailand at Amphur. And my
husband filed for I-130 for me when he returned back to the US. It's
not K-1 or K-3, just spousal visa, an immigrant visa. It's all our
attorney's false anyway, he doesn't know anything about K-1 or K-3,
so, he just recommended us with spousal visa...which both of us really
didn't know anything about immigration things, so, had to rely on him,
you know? Now, after all this time, I've tried to study more about it,
then, found out that we shouldn't have paid to that attorney to work
on the paperwork for us. It's waste of time, and waste of money. He
doesn't seem to be able to help us to make things go easier & faster.

bobzy

Postal mail is a lousy way to communicate, but it is still a good investment to create evidence. ZhengYu and I couldn't survive this wait without a web cam. However, we each send greeting cards once in a while which, if nothing else, create evidence with a dated government stamp.

For phone from the US side, I am using onesuite.com. I can call China for a two months on $10, complete with an online record of each and every call made -- time and phone number. For the price of a candy bar, I can call about fifteen times to say "I love you" -- with printed record of each call. The US spouse should be able to afford this and should be initiating the calls if you are able to receive them.

If you think you still have a few months to wait, it is worth doing these things.